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  title info:
    title: Global Geodetic Observing System
    sub title: Meeting the Requirements of a Global Society on a Changing Planet in 2020
  name:
    name part: Plag, Hans-Peter.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Pearlman, Michael.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2009
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XLIV, 332 p. online resource.
  abstract: The Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS) has been established by the Int- national Association of Geodesy (IAG) in order to integrate the three fundamental areas of geodesy, so as to monitor geodetic parameters and their temporal varia- ?9 tions, in a global reference frame with a target relative accuracy of 10 or b- ter. These areas, often called ‘pillars’, deal with the determination and evolution of (a) the Earth’s geometry (topography, bathymetry, ice surface, sea level), (b) the Earth’s rotation and orientation (polar motion, rotation rate, nutation, etc. ), and (c) the Earth’s gravity eld (gravity, geoid). Therefore, Earth Observation on a global scale is at the heart of GGOS’s activities, which contributes to Global Change - search through the monitoring, as well as the modeling, of dynamic Earth processes such as, for example, mass and angular momentum exchanges, mass transport and ocean circulation, and changes in sea, land and ice surfaces. To achieve such an - bitious goal, GGOS relies on an integrated network of current and future terrestrial, airborne and satellite systems and technologies. These include: various positioning, navigation, remote sensing and dedicated gravity and altimetry satellite missions; global ground networks of VLBI, SLR, DORIS, GNSS and absolute and relative gravity stations; and airborne gravity, mapping and remote sensing systems.
  table of contents: The goals, achievements, and tools of modern geodesy -- Understanding a dynamic planet: Earth science requirements for geodesy -- Maintaining a modern society -- Earth observation: Serving the needs of an increasingly global society -- Geodesy: Foundation for exploring the planets, the solar system and beyond -- Integrated scientific and societal user requirements and functional specifications for the GGOS -- The future geodetic reference frame -- The future Global Geodetic Observing System -- Towards GGOS in 2020 -- Recommendations.
  note: edited by Hans-Peter Plag, Michael Pearlman.
  subject:
    topic: Earth sciences
  subject:
    topic: Geophysics
  subject:
    topic: Geographical information systems
  subject:
    topic: Earth Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Geophysics/Geodesy
  subject:
    topic: Environmental Monitoring/Analysis
  subject:
    topic: Geographical Information Systems/Cartography
  classification: QC801-809
  classification: 550
  classification: 526.1
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      title: Springer eBooks
  identifier: 9783642026874
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